Esteem Me Montessori & Creative Play

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I can not speak for the track out camp, but the drop in care and the preschool are amazing. I, just like the prior reviewer, used a groupon, but keep coming long after the groupon was used. Right away I felt that they understood the worry of leaving your child at a new place. They offered to text me to let me know how my child was doing, and they texted me beautiful pictures of him working, So many projects! I am just amazed at how many crafts and learning activities done each day. After a few months of drop in care, I switched to the preschool side for a more ongoing solution, its been a wonderful experience. The staff is amazing. I have to add, this location is actually a 40 minute drive for me. 40! I feel that is a strong indicator of how much we enjoy going to drive past so many preschools to go here. I've considered the distance, and even tried another out, but we had such an unpleasant experience elsewhere that it is worth the drive! Truly wonderful experience.

I was going to give Esteem Me Montessori a 3 star rating, but in truth that would be being generous. The Montessori name and the track out camp description "Invention Convention" were the two things that attracted my family to this program, but after finding a Groupon for $49 for a week's tuition, I learned too late that you get what you pay for. The "program" consists in large majority of "free play" or "centers available." There is minimal focused activity, minimal oversight by the minimal staff (1 adult, 1 adolescent for 20-24 kids ranging in age from toddlers to my daughter who is 7 1/2), and minimal effort put into anything educational or "invention" oriented. This is likely a great place for small children (1 yr-3 or maybe 4) if you're looking for drop-in care, but this is in no way a full service track out camp and DEFINITELY not suited to anyone over the age of 4. The staff does not address ongoing behavior issues with children who are unable to keep their hands to themselves, but that being said, the young kid they have in there for the large majority of the day doesn't have the maturity or authority or parental experience to properly know HOW to handle a problem child and there are simply too many kids and too few staff. On the first day, one of my children fell and hit her head on the ground and my oldest child had to inform me after I noticed a bump. My youngest child (her 1st experience at a track out camp) was having a tough time and asked to call me and was told that they didn't have my number. What? Really? Aside from the absurd theory that they didn't have my number in their files (since they have my social security number, insurance information, etc.) I packed an index card in both kids' bags with work/cell/home numbers for both me AND my husband. All they had to do was pick up the phone. They did not. Overall to say that this was a disappointing experience is a startling understatement. We will not be going back or recommending this program and will heed others to stay away and do further research into ANY Montessori program before making a decision based on the reputation of the name.